In my current position, I work 5 days a week, M-F 9am-5pm remotely. I thought that getting a standard schedule and remote position would really improve my mental health, and it has, but only to a limited degree. I used to work 50hr-70hr weeks in person, in a past role, and when I transitioned to this one it was great at first, but ultimately it still lead to the same pit of despair & regular overwhelming suicidal ideation. Yes, I have more time, but still feel as if the majority of my week revolves around my heartless occupation, rather than enjoying life, because it actually does. I'm living to work, rather than working to live. I want to move from working 5 days a week 8hrs a day to working 3 days a week 10hrs a day without a pay cut, which means my employer would lose out on 10hrs of work a week, in comparison to what I'm currently doing. The kicker is the company I work for is a start-up and really relies on me to help build our customer base at this stage, and everyone else besides the CEO works M-F 9-5, so I feel a bit wrong to even ask…
Has anyone had success with obtaining something like this from their employer, if so, how did you achieve it? Trying to figure out the best way to move forward…